Irma S. & James H. Black Award Winners Children's Literature

Awards List

2015

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Winner)
Mac Barnett

Oct-2014
/ Action Adventure

Shh! We Have a Plan (Honor Book)
Chris Haughton

Sep-2014
/ General Fiction

Blizzard (Honor Book)
John Rocco

Nov-2014
/ General Fiction

2014

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Winner)
Mac Barnett

Oct-2014
/ Action Adventure

Shh! We Have a Plan (Honor Book)
Chris Haughton

Sep-2014
/ General Fiction

Blizzard (Honor Book)
John Rocco

Nov-2014
/ General Fiction

2013

That Is Not a Good Idea! (Winner)
Mo Willems

Apr-2013
/ General Fiction

Are the Dinosaurs Dead, Dad? (Honor Book)
Julie Middleton

Mar-2013
/ General Fiction

Chick-O-Saurus Rex (Honor Book)
Lenore Jennewein

Jul-2013
/ General Fiction

The King of Little Things (Honor Book)
Bil Lepp

Sep-2013
/ General Fiction

2012

Big Mean Mike (Winner)
Michelle Knudsen

Aug-2012
/ General Fiction

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (Honor Book)
Mo Willems

Sep-2012
/ General Fiction

This Is Not My Hat (Honor Book)
Jon Klassen

Oct-2012
/ General Fiction

2011

What Animals Really Like (Winner)
Fiona Robinson

Oct-2011
/ General Fiction

All the Way to America (Honor Book)
Dan Yaccarino

Mar-2011
/ General Fiction

You Will Be My Friend! (Honor Book)
Peter Brown

Sep-2011
/ General Fiction

I Want My Hat Back (Honor Book)
Jon Klassen

Oct-2011
/ General Fiction

2010

How Rocket Learned to Read (Winner)
Tad Hills

Aug-2010
/ General Fiction

Children Make Terrible Pets (Honor Book)
Peter Brown

Sep-2010
/ General Fiction

Dust Devil (Honor Book)
Anne Isaacs

Sep-2010
/ Fantasy

A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea (Honor Book)
Michael Ian Black

Sep-2010
/ General Fiction

2009

Robot Zot! (Winner)
Jon Scieszka

Sep-2009
/ General Fiction

Sergio Saves the Game (Honor Book)
Edel Rodriguez

May-2009
/ General Fiction

Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem (Honor Book)
Mac Barnett

Jul-2009
/ General Fiction

2008

Mail Harry to the Moon! (Winner)
Robie H. Harris

Jun-2008
/ General Fiction

The Ghost Catcher: A Bengali Folktale (Honor Book)
Martha Hamilton; Mitch Weiss

May-2008
/ General Fiction

2007

The Wicked Big Toddlah (Winner)
Kevin Hawkes

Jun-2007
/ General Fiction

Some Dog! (Honor Book)
Mary Casanova

Feb-2007
/ General Fiction

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County (Honor Book)
Janice N. Harrington

Mar-2007
/ General Fiction

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach (Honor Book)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Aug-2007
/ Fantasy

2006

Once I Ate a Pie (Winner)
Patricia MacLachlan

Mar-2010
/ General Fiction

Duck and Goose (Honor Book)
Tad Hills

Feb-2006
/ General Fiction

Library Lion (Honor Book)
Michelle Knudsen

Aug-2006
/ General Fiction

2005

Sammy (Winner)
Alix Berenzy

Jul-2005
/ General Fiction

Precious and the Boo Hag (Honor Book)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

Jan-2005
/ Fantasy

2004

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Winner)
Mo Willems

Sep-2004
/ General Fiction

Henry and the Kite Dragon (Honor Book)
Bruce Edward Hall

Jun-2004
/ General Fiction

Wild About Books (Honor Book)
Judy Sierra

Aug-2004
/ General Fiction

2003

How I Became a Pirate (Winner)
Melinda Long

Sep-2003
/ Action Adventure

The Dot (Honor Book)
Peter H. Reynolds

Sep-2003
/ General Fiction

2002

Bubba and Beau, Best Friends (Winner)
Kathi Appelt

Apr-2006
/ General Fiction

I Stink! (Honor Book)
Kate McMullan; Jim McMullan

Apr-2002
/ General Fiction

Epossumondas (Honor Book)
Coleen Salley

Sep-2002
/ Fantasy

2001

The Three Pigs (Winner)
David Wiesner

Mar-2001
/ General Fiction

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (Honor Book)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Jun-2001
/ Action Adventure

A Fine, Fine School (Honor Book)
Sharon Creech

Aug-2001
/ General Fiction

2000

Raft (Winner)
Jim LaMarche

May-2000
/ General Fiction

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Honor Book)
Doreen Cronin

Feb-2000
/ General Fiction

1999

A Dog Like Jack (Winner)
Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan

Apr-1999
/ General Fiction

1998

Raising Dragons (Winner)
Jerdine Nolen

Oct-2002
/ Fantasy

1997

Jojofu (Winner)
Michael P. Waite

Oct-1996
/ General Fiction

1996

Wicked Jack (Winner)
Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge

Oct-1995
/ Fantasy

1995

Wicked Jack (Winner)
Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge

Oct-1995
/ Fantasy

1994

Pink and Say (Winner)
Patricia Polacco

Oct-1994
/ Action Adventure

1993

The King's Equal (Winner)
Katherine Paterson

Sep-1992
/ General Fiction

1992

The King's Equal (Winner)
Katherine Paterson

Sep-1992
/ General Fiction

1991

Charlie Anderson (Winner)
Barbara Abercrombie

Sep-1990
/ General Fiction

1990

Charlie Anderson (Winner)
Barbara Abercrombie

Sep-1990
/ General Fiction

1989

The Talking Eggs (Winner)
Robert D. San Souci

Oct-1989
/ Fantasy

1988

The Porcupine Mouse (Winner)
Bonnie Pryor

Apr-1988
/ General Fiction

1987

Heckedy Peg (Winner)
Audrey Wood

Oct-1992
/ General Fiction

1986

Chloe and Maude (Winner)
Sandra Boynton

Oct-1985
/ General Fiction

1985

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Winner)
Chris Van Allsburg

Oct-1984
/ Mystery

1984

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Winner)
Chris Van Allsburg

Oct-1984
/ Mystery

1983

Mustard (Winner)
Charlotte Graeber

Apr-1982
/ General Fiction

1982

Mustard (Winner)
Charlotte Graeber

Apr-1982
/ General Fiction

1981

The Stories Julian tells (Winner)
Ann Cameron

1981
/ General Fiction

1980

Gorky Rises (Winner)
William Steig

Nov-1980
/ General Fiction

1979

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (Winner)
Chris Van Allsburg

Oct-1979
/ General Fiction

1978

The Mysterious Tadpole (Winner)
Steven Kellogg

Jan-1977
/ General Fiction

1977

The Mysterious Tadpole (Winner)
Steven Kellogg

Jan-1977
/ General Fiction

1976

Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like (Winner)
Jay Williams

Oct-1984
/ General Fiction

1975

Morris's Disappearing Bag (Winner)
Rosemary Wells

Oct-2001
/ General Fiction

1974

She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl (Winner)
Eloise Greenfield

Feb-1993
/ General Fiction

1973

Mouse Tales (Winner)
Arnold Lobel

Oct-1972
/ General Fiction

1972